The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CHIPS
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More clues leading to the result CHIPS
- Carpenter's food
- Carpenter beginning to chase joints
- Food that contributes to gigantic hip size
- Cold joints constituting fatty food?
- Cold joint plus seconds comprising accompaniment to 24
- Counters for fast food?
- What one eats with cold joints?
- Shots of course once seen in old papers
- Carpenter‘s key joints
- Novel teacher's snacks?
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The straight part
We know that "accompaniment to 24" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case accompaniment to 24 = chips.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CHIPS mean?
CHIPS noun- A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
- A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
- (games) A token used in place of cash.
- A sovereign (the coin).
- A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
- A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.
- (especially in the plural) A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.
- (especially in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable; a crisp.
- A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
- A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
- A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.
- (northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
- A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
- A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
- The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
- Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
- Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.
- A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.
- To chop or cut into small pieces.
- To break small pieces from.
- To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards. In association football specifically, when the shot is a shot on goal, the opposing goalkeeper may be the direct object of the verb, rather than the ball.
- To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
- To become chipped.
- (often with "in") To ante (up).
- To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
- (often with "in") to contribute.
- (also, to chip at) To make fun of.
- A carpenter.